Parents try to trim back-to-school expenses amid tightening budgets
The term "economic downturn" may not be in the vocabulary of your average 8-year-old, but many kids are seeing a side-effect of it anyway, as their parents prepare them for the new school year.
Some parents are scoping out garage sales or secondhand stores for back-to-school clothes. Others are nixing new outfits, buying in bulk when a good deal comes along or taking extra time to make sure that glue or pencil is the lowest priced of its kind around.
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